Determinants of Hospital Staff Nurse Turnover
- 1 April 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Medical Care
- Vol. 19 (4) , 431-443
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005650-198104000-00005
Abstract
Organizational and nonorganizational determinants of staff nurse turnover are investigated in a panel study of 1,259 nurses employed in two university-affiliated hospitals. Findings are consistent with a causal chain in which perceived autonomy, job satisfaction, intent to leave the hospital and turnover are a sequence of outcomes reflecting the successive stages of a nurse's decision to resign. Both personal characteristics and job-related attributes are predictive at various stages of the process, although family status variables have no significant effects. Implications for hospital management of turnover are discussed.Keywords
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